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HABAKKUK 2:2
VOL. XLII, NO. 45
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1987
.18 AV 5747
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
4
Canada Blames U.S.
For Nazi Immigrants
By Susan Bloch
BOSTON - The United States
government is accused of aiding
suspected Nazi war criminals in
emigrating to Canada after
World War II, according to a
special report prepared for the
Canadian government. The
Rodal study was commissioned
by the Deschenes Commision,
named for the Justice Minister
who heads the committee
charged with investigating the
presence of Nazi war criminals in
Canada and making recommen-
dations. The Deschenes
Commision issued its first
finding in December of last year.
At the time, information
compiled by Alti Rodal, an
Oxford-trained historian, was
not made public.
Several Canadian newspapers
petitioned the government for
access to the Rodal report under
Canada's version of the freedom
of information act. The
document was released to the
petitioners last week.
The most controversial item in
the 560-page study was the
allegation that those who would
be considered "undesirable Nazi -
collaborators" were admitted to
Canada after World War II
because of incomplete and
misleading information supplied
by US intelligence officers.
Allan A. Ryan, first director
of the United States Justice
Department's Office of Special
Investigations said "anyone who
thinks that Canada's Nazis are
due to the United States is
fooling himself." The United
States government did not aid
the emigration of suspected
Nazis with the exception of the
Nazi rocket scientists. The
American intelligence
community has also acknowled-
ged that it helped Klaus Barbie
escape Europe, but referred to
that as an isolated case.
Nonetheless, the study claims
inquiries show that in the 1950's
US intelligence officials pushed
"eastern Europeans with false
identities though the immigra-
tion stream to Canada." The
Rodal study also claims that
"significant numbers" of war
criminals were among the
620,000 immigrants who came to
Canada in the post-war years.
Ryan said that the war
criminals entered Canada in the
same way that they came into the
United States - through
loopholes in the immigration
laws. Canada took more
Displaced Persons than any
other country except the United
States, he said. And they were
drawing on the same pool of
people. In his book, Quiet
Neighbors, Ryan estimated that
2 to 2!4 percent of the North
American immigrants were
suspected war criminals who
mixed themselves into the
immigrant population.
More disturbing than the
See Canada page 7
Demjanjuk:'A Morass Of Contradictions'
By Susan Bioch
BOSTON - The man who
spent many hours in a Cleveland
courtroom and succeeded in
having John Demjanjuk
deported for entering the United
States illegally, travelled to
Israel this month to observe
Demjanjuk's trial there.
Allan A. Ryan Jr., first head
of the Office of Special
Investigations of the Justice
Department, sat for two weeks
in the Jerusalem courtroom
where Demjanjuk is being tried
as a war criminal. John
Demjanjuk is accused of being
Ivan the Terrible, the sadistic
guard at the Treblinka
concentration camp. He was
extradited to Israel after his
conviction in the United States.
Since his trial resumed after a
summer recess, the defense has
embarked on its case to prove
their client innocent.
Demjanjuk was the first
witness in his own defense.
Ryan told The Boston Jewish
Times he felt that if he were to
establish some claim to
innocence, Demjanjuk had to
accomplish three things: He had
to give a clear and consistent
account of his wartime years;
establish a personal alibi, as it
were; he had to support this
account with evidence in the
form of documents and
witnesses; and he had to raise
some legitimate questions about
the Trawniki identification
cards, which the prosecution
states prove he was a member of
the Nazi SS.
"The only thing I saw," Ryan
said, "was an attempt to give an
account of his wartime years. He
failed miserably at this."
According to Ryan, the only
statements Demjanjuk made
which were consistent were his
repeated claims, "I was never at
Treblinka. I was never at
Sorbibor. I was never at
Trawniki." On every other
aspect of his life, during that
time, Demjanjuk's account was
"a morass of contradictions and
inconsistencies."
The prosecution caught
Demjanjuk's discrepancies in
cross examination, using
statements he had made when
applying for a visa in 1947 and at
his American trial in 1981.
Immediately before the trial
returned from its recess,
Demjanjuk fired his long-time
defense attorney Mark
O'Connor. Ryan felt that
although this move did not help
Demjanjuk's case, "lawyers
See Demjanjuk page 7
Mayor Kollek Of Jerusalem Praises Mayor
Flynn Of Boston, Blasts Mayor Of Kyoto
JERUSALEM � The mayors
of Boston and Jerusalem are in
disagreement with the mayor of
Kyoto, Japan. How three cities,
Hearing On
Vilna Shul
BOSTON � Justice Ruthj
! Abrams of the Superior!
| Court conducted a hearing \
i last week at which she;
| accepted the recommendat-
i ions of Justice Alan Dimond,\
; who had been appointed a \
Master in the case.
Justice Dimond's recom-
mendations included the right \
of the Charles River Park \
; Synagogue to intervene in the \
| dissolution of the Vilna Shul.
i He recommended that the \
: Synagogue Council not be
I allowed to intervene but
\ participate in the litigation as \
See Vilna page 7\
strung around the globe, could
find something to disagree
about, is a tribute to the power of
the Arab boycott of Israel.
Kyoto is host to a World
Conference of Historical Cities
to take place this November.
More than 30 cities have been
Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem
invited to send delegations to the
conference. A historic city is
one which has at least 500,000
residents and is 1,200 years old.
Boston was invited to attend
the conference in view of the
sister-city relationship with
Kyoto which was established 28
years ago.
Jerusalem was not invited.
Most observers believe that the
exclusion of Jerusalem was
prompted by Japan's pervasive
cooperation with the Arab
boycott of Israel.
When Mayor Raymond
Flynn of Boston learned that
Jerusalem was not invited, he
declined to attend the conference
although Boston will be
represented by a Chamber of
Commerce delegation.
Mayor Teddy Kollek of
Jerusalem praised Mayor Flynn
for his decision not to attend the
Kyoto conference. Kollek also
issued a statement condemning
Kyoto. "Not inviting Jerusalem
to the World Conference of
Historical Cities...brings shame
on its organizers," Kollek said.
He stressed that by not
inviting Jerusalem to participate
in the conference, the event is
greatly diminished in value and
meaning.
Japan's largest newspaper,
Raymond Flynn of Boston
Shinbon, agrees with Mayor
Kollek. An editorial said the
conference was meaningless
See Mayors page 7
Date Set For
| Trial In 1
| Temple Beth
David Fire
Christopher Badessa, the
man charged with setting the
fire that leveled Temple Beth
David in Westwood this
March, will face trial on
September 28.
Judge Katherine Izzo will
preside in Norfolk Superior
Court.
Badessa, 22, will face
charges of burning a building,
burning a motor vehicle and
larceny.

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Write the vision and make it plain upon tables.
HABAKKUK 2:2
VOL. XLII, NO. 45
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1987
.18 AV 5747
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
4
Canada Blames U.S.
For Nazi Immigrants
By Susan Bloch
BOSTON - The United States
government is accused of aiding
suspected Nazi war criminals in
emigrating to Canada after
World War II, according to a
special report prepared for the
Canadian government. The
Rodal study was commissioned
by the Deschenes Commision,
named for the Justice Minister
who heads the committee
charged with investigating the
presence of Nazi war criminals in
Canada and making recommen-
dations. The Deschenes
Commision issued its first
finding in December of last year.
At the time, information
compiled by Alti Rodal, an
Oxford-trained historian, was
not made public.
Several Canadian newspapers
petitioned the government for
access to the Rodal report under
Canada's version of the freedom
of information act. The
document was released to the
petitioners last week.
The most controversial item in
the 560-page study was the
allegation that those who would
be considered "undesirable Nazi -
collaborators" were admitted to
Canada after World War II
because of incomplete and
misleading information supplied
by US intelligence officers.
Allan A. Ryan, first director
of the United States Justice
Department's Office of Special
Investigations said "anyone who
thinks that Canada's Nazis are
due to the United States is
fooling himself." The United
States government did not aid
the emigration of suspected
Nazis with the exception of the
Nazi rocket scientists. The
American intelligence
community has also acknowled-
ged that it helped Klaus Barbie
escape Europe, but referred to
that as an isolated case.
Nonetheless, the study claims
inquiries show that in the 1950's
US intelligence officials pushed
"eastern Europeans with false
identities though the immigra-
tion stream to Canada." The
Rodal study also claims that
"significant numbers" of war
criminals were among the
620,000 immigrants who came to
Canada in the post-war years.
Ryan said that the war
criminals entered Canada in the
same way that they came into the
United States - through
loopholes in the immigration
laws. Canada took more
Displaced Persons than any
other country except the United
States, he said. And they were
drawing on the same pool of
people. In his book, Quiet
Neighbors, Ryan estimated that
2 to 2!4 percent of the North
American immigrants were
suspected war criminals who
mixed themselves into the
immigrant population.
More disturbing than the
See Canada page 7
Demjanjuk:'A Morass Of Contradictions'
By Susan Bioch
BOSTON - The man who
spent many hours in a Cleveland
courtroom and succeeded in
having John Demjanjuk
deported for entering the United
States illegally, travelled to
Israel this month to observe
Demjanjuk's trial there.
Allan A. Ryan Jr., first head
of the Office of Special
Investigations of the Justice
Department, sat for two weeks
in the Jerusalem courtroom
where Demjanjuk is being tried
as a war criminal. John
Demjanjuk is accused of being
Ivan the Terrible, the sadistic
guard at the Treblinka
concentration camp. He was
extradited to Israel after his
conviction in the United States.
Since his trial resumed after a
summer recess, the defense has
embarked on its case to prove
their client innocent.
Demjanjuk was the first
witness in his own defense.
Ryan told The Boston Jewish
Times he felt that if he were to
establish some claim to
innocence, Demjanjuk had to
accomplish three things: He had
to give a clear and consistent
account of his wartime years;
establish a personal alibi, as it
were; he had to support this
account with evidence in the
form of documents and
witnesses; and he had to raise
some legitimate questions about
the Trawniki identification
cards, which the prosecution
states prove he was a member of
the Nazi SS.
"The only thing I saw," Ryan
said, "was an attempt to give an
account of his wartime years. He
failed miserably at this."
According to Ryan, the only
statements Demjanjuk made
which were consistent were his
repeated claims, "I was never at
Treblinka. I was never at
Sorbibor. I was never at
Trawniki." On every other
aspect of his life, during that
time, Demjanjuk's account was
"a morass of contradictions and
inconsistencies."
The prosecution caught
Demjanjuk's discrepancies in
cross examination, using
statements he had made when
applying for a visa in 1947 and at
his American trial in 1981.
Immediately before the trial
returned from its recess,
Demjanjuk fired his long-time
defense attorney Mark
O'Connor. Ryan felt that
although this move did not help
Demjanjuk's case, "lawyers
See Demjanjuk page 7
Mayor Kollek Of Jerusalem Praises Mayor
Flynn Of Boston, Blasts Mayor Of Kyoto
JERUSALEM � The mayors
of Boston and Jerusalem are in
disagreement with the mayor of
Kyoto, Japan. How three cities,
Hearing On
Vilna Shul
BOSTON � Justice Ruthj
! Abrams of the Superior!
| Court conducted a hearing \
i last week at which she;
| accepted the recommendat-
i ions of Justice Alan Dimond,\
; who had been appointed a \
Master in the case.
Justice Dimond's recom-
mendations included the right \
of the Charles River Park \
; Synagogue to intervene in the \
| dissolution of the Vilna Shul.
i He recommended that the \
: Synagogue Council not be
I allowed to intervene but
\ participate in the litigation as \
See Vilna page 7\
strung around the globe, could
find something to disagree
about, is a tribute to the power of
the Arab boycott of Israel.
Kyoto is host to a World
Conference of Historical Cities
to take place this November.
More than 30 cities have been
Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem
invited to send delegations to the
conference. A historic city is
one which has at least 500,000
residents and is 1,200 years old.
Boston was invited to attend
the conference in view of the
sister-city relationship with
Kyoto which was established 28
years ago.
Jerusalem was not invited.
Most observers believe that the
exclusion of Jerusalem was
prompted by Japan's pervasive
cooperation with the Arab
boycott of Israel.
When Mayor Raymond
Flynn of Boston learned that
Jerusalem was not invited, he
declined to attend the conference
although Boston will be
represented by a Chamber of
Commerce delegation.
Mayor Teddy Kollek of
Jerusalem praised Mayor Flynn
for his decision not to attend the
Kyoto conference. Kollek also
issued a statement condemning
Kyoto. "Not inviting Jerusalem
to the World Conference of
Historical Cities...brings shame
on its organizers," Kollek said.
He stressed that by not
inviting Jerusalem to participate
in the conference, the event is
greatly diminished in value and
meaning.
Japan's largest newspaper,
Raymond Flynn of Boston
Shinbon, agrees with Mayor
Kollek. An editorial said the
conference was meaningless
See Mayors page 7
Date Set For
| Trial In 1
| Temple Beth
David Fire
Christopher Badessa, the
man charged with setting the
fire that leveled Temple Beth
David in Westwood this
March, will face trial on
September 28.
Judge Katherine Izzo will
preside in Norfolk Superior
Court.
Badessa, 22, will face
charges of burning a building,
burning a motor vehicle and
larceny.